{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |official_name = Omasuyos |other_name = |native_name = Uma Suyu |nickname = |settlement_type = Province |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Titicacabolivia.JPG |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Lake Wiñaymarka |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Bolivia La Paz Omasuyos.png |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of Omasuyos Province within Bolivia |image_map1 = Bolivia Departamento La Paz.png |mapsize1 = 250px |map_caption1 = Provinces of the La Paz Department |image_dot_map = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location of Franz Tamayo within Bolivia <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 25px Bolivia |subdivision_type1 = Department |subdivision_name1 = La Paz Department |subdivision_type3 = Municipalities |subdivision_name3 = 4 |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = <!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government --> |seat_type = Capital |seat = Achacachi <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 2065<!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2024 census |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 94,158 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = Aymara |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = BOT |utc_offset = -4 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|16|3|0|S|68|38|0|W|region:BO|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code =BO.LP.FT |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = [http://www.gobernacionlapaz.gob.bo/index.php/conoce/la-paz/estructura/estructura-fisica/287-provincia-omasuyos.html Official website] |footnotes = }} '''Omasuyos''' (Hispanicized spelling) or '''Uma Suyu'''<ref name=ministerio/> (Aymara ''uma'' water, ''suyu'' region, "water region")<ref name=bertonio/> is a province in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Its capital is Achacachi (Jach'a Q'achi).
The province is situated in the Altiplano bordered to the north by the Muñecas Province, to the northeast by the Larecaja Province, to the southeast by the Los Andes Province, to the south and west by Lake Titicaca and to the northwest by the Eliodoro Camacho Province.
== Geography == The Cordillera Real traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:<ref name=igm1/><ref name=igm2/><ref name=ine/>
{{Columns-list|colwidth=20em| * Chiwanqu * Ch'amaka Misa * Ch'umani * Inkawi * Jach'a Pata * Jach'a P'iq'iñ Q'ara * Janq'u K'ark'a * Jichu Qullu * Kimsa Chatani * Muru Qullu * Paqu Juqhu * Pinkilluni * Pukara * Pukarani * P'iq'iñ Q'ara * Qala Qala * Qutu Uma Qullu * Q'ara Qullu (Achacachi) * Q'ara Qullu (Ancoraimes) * Taypi K'ark'a * Wari Qalluni Pata * Wila Sirka * Wisk'achani }}
==Subdivision== The province is divided into six municipalities.<ref>[http://www.bolivia.com/noticIAS/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia42293.asp www.bolivia.com (Spanish)]</ref><ref>[http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246 www.planguarani.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092055/http://www.planguarani.com/noticias/pagina.php?sip=246 |date=2011-07-15 }} (Spanish)</ref>
{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="width:40%;" border="1" |-bgcolor=silver ! '''Municipality''' ! '''Inhabitants''' <small> (2001) </small> <ref>[http://www.ine.gov.bo National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027220541/http://www.ine.gov.bo/ |date=2009-10-27 }} (Spanish)</ref> !Inhabitants <small>(2012)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fm.ine.gob.bo/censofichacomunidad/|title=Ficha Resúmen Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2012|last=Instituto Nacional de Estadística|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044621/http://fm.ine.gob.bo/censofichacomunidad/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ! '''Seat''' ! '''Inhabitants''' <small> (2001)</small> |- | Achacachi || align="right" |70,503 |46,058 | Achacachi || align="right" | 7,540 |- | Huarina || rowspan="4" align="right" | ''(included in Achacachi in 2001)'' |7,948|| Huarina || align="right" | 1,308 |- | Santiago de Huata |8,562|| Santiago de Huata || align="right" | 576 |- | Huatajata |3,927|| Huatajata || align="right" | 576 |- | Chua Cocani |5,003|| Chua Cocani || align="right" | 852 |- |Ancoraimes || align="right" | 15,199 |13,136 | Ancoraimes || align="right" | 561 |- |} ° <small> including separated cantons</small>
Huarina and Santiago de Huata, and Huatajata and Chua Cocani received the status of municipalities in 2005, 2009, and 2010, respectively. Formerly they were cantons of the Achacachi Municipality.
== See also == * Ch'iyar Juqhu River
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=ministerio>Yaticha Kamani / Ministerio de Educación, Aymara aru thakhinchawi, Chuqi Yapu 2011</ref> <ref name=bertonio>{{Ref Bertonio}}</ref> <ref name=igm1>Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 5846-III Ancoraimes</ref> <ref name=igm2>Bolivian IGM map 1:50,000 5846-IV Mina Matilde</ref> <ref name=ine>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020202&tipo=1|title=Ancoraimes|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=INE, Bolivia|access-date=February 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215032632/http://www.ine.gob.bo/publicaciones/visorPdf.aspx?Codigo=020202&tipo=1|archive-date=February 15, 2016}} labelled ''(Khara Kella)''</ref> }}
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